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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Forever in blue-green, baby

You have to sing the title. It's "Forever in Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond. Google Will Ferrell's version for a little chuckle.
Velvet is so beautiful and luxurious... but it's also very impractical. I mean, it's not like I'm some medieval queen on a throne. "Ooh, look at meee! I'm dressed in my fancy velvet fineries!" I love fancy stuff, but I'm realistic.
Look at the beautiful color on this vintage thrift store thing.

It had these little button details. I like the idea, but not the execution. Looks bad.

It had those stupid poofy shoulders that I hate. By the way, this is the front. Here's the back:

This dress needs a complete 180. That back should be the front! I was going to turn that thing around...you know...a 180.
But first; I took off the sleeves. I just don't mess around with sleeves, I'm not patient.

Then I turned it inside out and trimmed/sewed a bunch or random crap into place. What even is this?

I had to do some sewing down the front on each side to keep some extra material in check and working with velvet can be challenging. I wasn't eager to take it on the sides but this dress was shapeless and unflattering. Surely, there's some kind of shortcut I can take? There was. Behold:

Do you see what I did there? I just folded one side over the other and secured it with a belt. This worked because of the velvet texture which keeps it from sliding.
Now, it's not only impractical because of its material, it's also not structurally sound!